Cognate Set 8333 – Meaning: ant
- IE-CoR reference form:
- kullirça
- IE-CoR reference language:
- Albanian: Arbëresh
- Ideophonic:
- no
- Parallel derivation:
- no
- Loan event:
- yes
- Parallel loan event:
- no
- Loan source language:
- Italian: Calabrian
- Source lexeme in loan source language:
- kulirča
- Justification:
- Loanword from Calabrian Italian culírcia 'winged / reddish ant'.
- Found in clades:
- Albanian
Found in 1 clade by 1 lexeme.
|
Language |
Lexeme |
Native script |
Phonetic |
Phonemic |
Notes |
| 20 |
Albanian: Arbëresh
|
kullirça |
|
|
kuˈʟiːɾt͜ʃa |
Loan from Calabrian culírcia, 'winged / reddish ant', -ča easily being interpreted as diminutive.[Calabrian pobably shows a folk etymology of Lat. cúlex, -icis 'mosquito' with culo 'ass' + írjere 'errect' with intrusion of -r- from the latter.] |
